About the Dodgers: The Dodgers lined up Jason Schmidt as their No.3 starter so he would draw their home opener Monday, but also so he could avoid the distraction of pitching against his former team. Schmidt, who signed a three-year contract during the off-season, told the Los Angeles Times that he expects to get booed upon his return, even though he has the best winning percentage of any pitcher in San Francisco franchise history with more than 100 decisions. “If it wasn’t the Dodgers, it’d be different,” Schmidt said, adding that he never expected to re-sign. “I could tell a year earlier. You have to play in San Francisco to really know how it works. Not many guys re-sign except Barry Bonds. They keep running them out of there.”

A transit village with apartments, retailers, restaurants and a hotel is rising in Milpitas next to The Great Mall, close to light rail and the under-construction BART station. It’s one of several Silicon Valley projects sprouting up near transit.